News Captain says PCB and ECB have assured the team of safety following a Covid-19 breakout in England team Pakistan’s players were not worried about continuing their white-ball tour of England after an outbreak of Covid-19 cases in the England camp and despite a rising wave of infections through the country. England’s entire first team
News Captain puts focus on enjoyment amid extraordinary circumstances of early England recall You didn’t think Ben Stokes would turn England down in their hour of need, did you? He is not, by any means, at full fitness. And he does not, by any means, have a full strength squad at his disposal. But when
News Liton had spoken to Bangladesh’s new batting coach about wanting to curb his tendency to throw away his wicket when set Liton Das may have ended up five runs short of a maiden Test century, but he overcame one mental barrier during his day-one innings in the one-off Test against Zimbabwe, according to Bangladesh’s
Marnus Labuschagne will return to Australia in a couple of weeks © PA Images via Getty Images Marnus Labuschagne emerged from isolation and cracked a massive double century with a record score for Glamorgan’s 2nd XI ahead of his final few weeks in county cricket. Labuschagne and his Queensland team-mate Michael Neser had been forced
News Kyle Mayers and Kevin Sinclair have missed out on selection Shimron Hetmyer, Sheldon Cottrell and Roston Chase are set to make ODI comebacks during West Indies’ upcoming three-match series against Australia, which is set to begin on July 20 in Barbados. The trio had missed out on selection for the team’s last 50-overs assignment,
News Several senior players who are not part of the white-ball set-up are now without deals after SLC withdrew offer of annual contracts Sri Lanka’s men’s limited-overs cricketers have signed tour contracts that cover the forthcoming series against India. But Sri Lanka Cricket’s decision to withdraw its offer of annual contracts had caused substantial dismay
News “I learnt a lot during this time and due to that mistake Pakistan cricket’s reputation suffered badly” Pakistan batter Umar Akmal has apologised for not reporting corrupt approaches last year, which led to him being banned for 12 months. Akmal, 30, was last year suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for not reporting
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The BCCI as of now is not sending either Prithvi Shaw or Devdutt Padikkal to England as a replacement for injured Shubman Gill, who is out of the tour with shin splints. The Indian team management on June 28 through its administrative manager Girish Dongre had requisitioned for two openers as replacement. However, chairman of
News Ankola got the big job last season, before Mumbai won the Vijay Hazare Trophy Former India quick Salil Ankola has been retained as Mumbai’s chief selector by the state association’s cricket improvement committee, secretary Sanjay Naik confirmed to PTI. Ankola said his only focus was on the “betterment of Mumbai cricket”. “It is good
News Warwickshire spinner could play first match for England since 2014 after Covid reshuffle Danny Briggs is promising not to put too much pressure on himself as he makes a return to the England set-up that he admits he thought would never happen. It’s seven-and-a-half years since Briggs last played a T20I for England and
Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque and Zimbabwe stand-in captain Brendan Taylor with the series trophy © Raton Gomes/BCB Bangladesh chose to bat vs Zimbabwe Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque chose to bat against Zimbabwe in the one-off Test at the Harare Sports Club ground. The home side are without regular captain Sean Williams and Craig Ervine after
Sydney Thunder are the defending champions © Getty Images The final of next season’s WBBL will be played following the opening day of the Australia-Afghanistan Test on November 27. The tournament, which will start on October 14 following Australia’s multi-format series against India, is also set to return to a country-wide fixture list with at
News West Indies allrounder added to boost push towards knockout phase Kyle Mayers, the West Indies batting all-rounder, will play for Birmingham Bears in the last three games of the Vitality Blast group stage. Mayers, who scored an unbeaten double-century on Test debut in February, played his first T20I in New Zealand last year after
News He is believed to be unhappy over treatment meted out by SLC during the contracts standoff Angelo Mathews has informed Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) he is considering retirement, after turning down the tour contract for the forthcoming series against India. Mathews, 34, in understood to be disillusioned at the treatment he and fellow senior
News David Willey and Tom Curran also move up after impressive returns against Sri Lanka Chris Woakes has achieved a career-high third spot among ODI bowlers after picking up six wickets in two games against Sri Lanka last week. Woakes, who won the match award for his 4 for 18 in the opening game, jumped
Preview All-new line-up presents opportunities for host players but question marks for visitors Big Picture Well, that escalated quickly. It’s only been a matter of days since the soggy denouement to England’s third and final ODI against Sri Lanka – a match that had begun amid rumours of a few fresh faces in the ranks,
All the domestic squads in New Zealand have now been confirmed with the final contract spots handed out among the six teams who will compete for the Plunket Shield, Ford Trophy and Super Smash. Canterbury dominated the 2020-21 season by winning the Plunket Shield and Ford Trophy while Wellington, with Finn Allen and Devon Conway
News The allrounder wants to be back to peak bowling fitness in time for the T20 World Cup later this year Hardik Pandya is inching closer to his goal of bowling “in all games at the T20 World Cup”, with his team-mate in Sri Lanka, Suryakumar Yadav, confirming that the allrounder has been sending down
News The allrounder spent time working on his lower-order hitting ahead of the West Indies tour Ashton Agar‘s primary role in Australia’s T20I team is with the ball, but he knows contributing with the bat is key to the balance of the side and adds to his value. Though he opened in the first intra-squad
News Selectors recall uncapped seamer Caneisha Isaac in 13-member squad Chinelle Henry has been rested for the first two ODIs against Pakistan Women as the West Indies Women selection panel recalled uncapped seamer Caneisha Isaac as part of the 13-member squad for the first two of the five ODIs starting July 7. The other members
News Ben Stokes to captain replacement team against Pakistan after three players, four management test positive England’s white-ball squads have been forced to self-isolate two days before the start of their ODI series against Pakistan following seven positive Covid-19 tests among the team’s players and management. Three players and four members of management have tested
News “I guess it’s a great way to give back to the fans that’ve supported us,” Tim Southee says New Zealand’s World Test Championship-winning squad is set for a week-long, nationwide tour with the mace later this month. The tour will kick off in Whangarei on July 26 and will end in Invercargill (Stadium Southland)
News The offspinner, though, will need a work visa to play county cricket R Ashwin will play a county championship match for Surrey – provided he gets the required work visa on time – before he re-joins the Indian team. While Ashwin is in England already for the Test series that will start in August,
News Health concerns in England camp will have no immediate effect on touring party The Indian squad on tour in the UK will be receiving their second round of the Covid-19 vaccine on July 7 and 9. While this is in accordance with long-planned BCCI countermeasures to keep their players safe, it assumes greater significance
Play 00:50 Paine open to Smith missing T20 World Cup for Ashes State batters should be “licking their lips” at the prospect of pushing for an Ashes batting spot according to Test captain Tim Paine with vacancies in Australia’s top order. ESPNcricinfo understands that more than half the Sheffield Shield, which is scheduled to return
News Mickey Arthur reveals mixing with England after Bristol ODI with India series due to start in a week Sri Lanka’s ODI squad face an anxious wait for the results of their PCR tests on returning home, following a Covid-19 outbreak in the England squad after the final match of their tour in Bristol on
Ashley Giles insists there has been no breach of Covid protocols from the England squad despite an outbreak of positive cases. England were forced to pick an entirely new squad of players and support staff for the ODI series against Pakistan after seven members of the party originally selected (four from the management unit and
England team director Ashley Giles on Tuesday defended his players, saying not a single one of them broke the COVID-19 protocols set out by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Giles remarks come as three England players and four members of the backroom staff tested positive for Covid-19 and as a result, the management
News The Zimbabwe duo had recently come into contact with family members who tested positive for Covid Zimbabwe are likely to miss out on the services of Sean Williams and Craig Ervine for the one-off Test against Bangladesh that starts on Wednesday in Harare. Both players have gone into self-isolation after coming in contact with